AFKer's

[:1]It seems to me whoever has more AFKer's loses AV. By AFKer's I mean people who do no damage or healing. I counted 11 people with zero for both in one game. Sometimes there are people with a little bit, say 11 damage. What can be done to combat this?

Reporting afk doesn't work. I do this all the time and occassionaly I see someone going around with pink [inactive] on them, which leads me to think these people are either botting or, more likely, multiboxing. But how the hell do they not do any damage or healing?

I've come to recognise one guy, he sits over in a little spot and does nothing for a while.

I'm thinking whatever they would need to do would be a little complex to work against it. But something needs to be done. I mean, 11 people is ridiculous, hardly worth playing.|||Quote:








It seems to me whoever has more AFKer's loses AV. By AFKer's I mean people who do no damage or healing. I counted 11 people with zero for both in one game. Sometimes there are people with a little bit, say 11 damage. What can be done to combat this?

Reporting afk doesn't work. I do this all the time and occassionaly I see someone going around with pink [inactive] on them, which leads me to think these people are either botting or, more likely, multiboxing. But how the hell do they not do any damage or healing?

I've come to recognise one guy, he sits over in a little spot and does nothing for a while.

I'm thinking whatever they would need to do would be a little complex to work against it. But something needs to be done. I mean, 11 people is ridiculous, hardly worth playing.




When my Alt makes it to the Alliance base, I notice several Ally AFKers as well, so I think it prolly balances out for each side. As to why they do it...this is a virtual world, so it's not like you can do anything with the honor and gear except by doing things that help you get honor and gear...then you keep going AFK to get honor and gear...ouch...my head hurts! Maybe AFKers are like magpies, and just feel the urge to accumulate things. Or maybe, they are getting geared up for the expansion.... Maybe a professional AFKer will post an explanation for the behavior....under an alias....:)|||I go AFK occasionally. This past weekend I managed to end up in six AV's against a full Scilla premade team. We lost the first one against them horribly, so I just sat my behind in the cave, occasionally running out to tag an alliance player with a shot, when reported as AFK.

Although I generally frown on AFK's, I am NOT going to participate against any full AV premade. I want them to win as quickly as possible so I can get into a better room......|||Quote:








When my Alt makes it to the Alliance base, I notice several Ally AFKers as well, so I think it prolly balances out for each side. As to why they do it...this is a virtual world, so it's not like you can do anything with the honor and gear except by doing things that help you get honor and gear...then you keep going AFK to get honor and gear...ouch...my head hurts! Maybe AFKers are like magpies, and just feel the urge to accumulate things. Or maybe, they are getting geared up for the expansion.... Maybe a professional AFKer will post an explanation for the behavior....under an alias....:)




I hate pugging raids/instances so why would I enjoy pugging a battleground? But sadly, this is the only real option for the MASSIVE grind you need to do in order to compete in Arena.

I don't like it when there are afk'ers in the battleground, but I definitely understand why they're there.|||Quote:








I go AFK occasionally. This past weekend I managed to end up in six AV's against a full Scilla premade team. We lost the first one against them horribly, so I just sat my behind in the cave, occasionally running out to tag an alliance player with a shot, when reported as AFK.

Although I generally frown on AFK's, I am NOT going to participate against any full AV premade. I want them to win as quickly as possible so I can get into a better room......




I agree with that...walking into an EOTS with no towers flagged and down 1700 to 300, I tend to stay on the rock, as well...I think the OP was referring to peeps who do that all the time, regardless of what the chances of winning are. I confess, I still can't understand that.|||Quote:








I agree with that...walking into an EOTS with no towers flagged and down 1700 to 300, I tend to stay on the rock, as well...I think the OP was referring to peeps who do that all the time, regardless of what the chances of winning are. I confess, I still can't understand that.




Yes yes I can understand if you're getting trounced and you want to lay down so they can win quickly, but why oh why sit there game after game (often I see the same ones)? Are they that bored with the thing? Are they multiboxing or alt-tabbing (watching a movie or something)?

Sometimes it balances out. But other times it doesn't and can get awfully one sided. Especially with 11 afk. That leaves 29 if it's a full bg (av talking about here), some stuck in defense and the rest spread out, way too thin to win IMO. It gets very annoying.|||Quote:








I go AFK occasionally. This past weekend I managed to end up in six AV's against a full Scilla premade team. We lost the first one against them horribly, so I just sat my behind in the cave, occasionally running out to tag an alliance player with a shot, when reported as AFK.

Although I generally frown on AFK's, I am NOT going to participate against any full AV premade. I want them to win as quickly as possible so I can get into a better room......




You know you can queue into multiple battlegrounds right? Switch to a different one, and when done, try again.

Getting beat horribly by a premade, then going right back into line (while they do the same) just means you are gonna run into them again.

Switch to a different BG, win/lose it, and try again and hopefully you will be off-cycle from them.

You can also queue for a specific AV - will take a bit longer, but you can avoid them better that way also.|||Quote:








I go AFK occasionally. This past weekend I managed to end up in six AV's against a full Scilla premade team. We lost the first one against them horribly, so I just sat my behind in the cave, occasionally running out to tag an alliance player with a shot, when reported as AFK.

Although I generally frown on AFK's, I am NOT going to participate against any full AV premade. I want them to win as quickly as possible so I can get into a better room......




Please die.|||Quote:








Please die.




Constructive and straight to the point! Well done!|||Hard work and extra effort pays off in the future, but laziness pays off immediately.